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SA records could tumble as big rains fall for June

There are plenty of puddles on properties around South Australia following heavy rains in June.

Sally Richardson, Facebook contributor

South Australian farmers are busy checking the rain gauges as some June rainfall records look set to be broken.

Just last month, farmers were putting in crops dry, but now, in some parts, more than 150 millimetres fell for this month.

Sally Richardson, who farms near Tumby Bay, says they could soon break the record with 190 millimetres already recorded.

"Our all-time record was in 1956 when we had 201 millimetres, so basically if we get ten millimetres in the next week we will hit the record.

"We took the opportunity with the fine weather last week to do the spraying and top up the urea, so no doubt that will all be going down the creeks, but then the opposite side of the coin is we've got our dams nearly full."

David Fitzgerald, from Butler Tanks, has also had a wet month with 100 millimetres already fallen.

He says it's the most they have had for a month since 1992, which is a nice change to how the year started.

"I know the experts, if you want to call them that, said we might have a wet June/July/August, but halfway through seeding, we were still seeding dry, so it's certainly a pleasant change."